Friday, November 4, 2011

Cards that Care Blog Hop

Today many designers are participating in a very special blog hop.........Cards that Care. This is a card drive to collect holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes. This has been put together by Vera M. Yates and this year she has teamed up wtih Jennifer McGuire. If you arrived here from Melania's blog, then you are in the right spot!

The holidays are about family, about kindness, and joy. The holidays are the times when many of the elderly who lives in nursing homes would really feel the loneliness or missing their family. Wouldn't it be awesome if we can bring a smile to their face & brighten their holiday season simply by sharing our love of card making? A simple gesture to let them know that they are not forgotten.

We all love making cards and what’s better than knowing our creations can bring a smile to others? We hope that many of you will help and join us in our effort to spread joy & cheer. We already have some people that have agreed to help us deliver the cards to selected nursing homes.

Here is my card using the new set from Wplus9 called Fair Isle Backgrounds. Wow! This set is super fun and I loved using it for a holiday card for this card drive! I've also used the new Pure Poppy ink from PTI.......it stamped beautifully the FIRST time. My card was inspired by my blog friend, Jinny Newlin. She used this set so beautifully during the Wplus9 release. I also made this for the Simon Says Stamp challenge to use buttons!

Here are the generous sponsors of the blog hop: Lawn Fawn, Penny Black, Sweet Stamp Shop, Avocado Arts, and I Love it All! Winners of prizes will be randomly chosen from comments on participants blogs so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances! You have the whole weekend to leave your comments (til Sunday, 11/6/11 midnight CST).

What a great initiative, this card drive! The card you made is very lovely, love the pretty bow and sentiment! I'm sure it will make someone really happy. I am gonna hop along now on this blog hop. Hugs, Hanneke

Beautiful I love this card the colors are perfect. and it sure looks like you cross sticked it. and I love the sweet little tag. thanks for sharing and fot the chance to win.abbraddock@msn.comwww.anita-craft-corner.blogspot.com

First of all...Thanks a gazillion! I'm fairly new to this little, but awfully osessive Stamping hobby; and for the longest time I've been looking for just this sort of background! The sort of nordic, sweater looking design from basic greys designer paper...but in a stamp. As I'm fairy new, I hadn't yet heard of Wplus9 and so thanks for the heads up...I'm off to buy me a set after I get through hopping the blogs ^_~

My daughter and I enjoy making cards together, and this will be a special time, with the opportunity to bring joy to others. Thanks for letting us know how to help. What an amazing giveaway, thank you for the chance.

About Me

I am a wife and mom to a couple of amazing kids. When I'm not hanging out with my family, I work full time as a dialysis nurse at a large clinic. I love to make cards and am obsessed with collecting paper, twine, and dies (and everything else)! Thanks for stopping by to see my work!